A good alternative to the undergraduate psychology seminar is the poster session. During the course each student wrote a review paper. For use in his/her class presentation, the student provided the following information on poster paper: title, author, abstract, a few graphs or illustrations from the literature, conclusions, and references. (RM)

Describes an incremental approach to writing research papers designed to promote students' commitment and audience awareness. (MM)

Recommends having beginning journalism students conduct brief surveys to help them learn about data gathering and statistical analysis and to sensitize them to certain faults in surveys by the media. (TJ)

Suggests two exercises in writing a research paper: compare two biographies of one person, and discuss a problem about the truth of an incident in the person's life, citing positive and negative points of view. (TJ)

Describes a project in which students write research papers about a chosen career. Explains that the project is successful because the students view it as a practical exercise. (FL)

Reports on a business communication assignment to conduct an in-depth study of a corporation. The assignment concludes with a formal report of the students' findings centering on a study of the company's annual report. (TJ)

Describes a project used in a technical writing class to teach students about questionnaires and informal reports. Tells how students work in small groups to create questionnaires, use the questionnaires on selected populations, evaluate the questionnaires, and write informal reports of the project. (TJ)

Suggests using field trips to motivate students in choosing topics for limited research in the field of technical writing. (MAI)

Describes a research project which demonstrates to college-level psychology students the differences between experimental and correlational research methods. The project consisted of an examination of the relationships between rewards and helping and costs and helping in a nonemergency situation. (Author/KC)

Discusses problems that students have in appreciating the relevance of the philosophy underlying geography instruction. Presents an activity that requires students to apply geographic concepts to decisions concerning the location of urban retail outlets. Includes details on implementation, rationale and background, and procedures. (SG)

Conventions offer high school psychology students an opportunity to meet psychology students from other schools, present projects developed in class, and have those projects evaluated by students and teachers from other schools. If the convention is held on a college campus, as was the one described in this paper, the college also gains by…

Recommends ways teachers can help students write better research papers. (JL)

Discusses the use of tabloid newspapers in the teaching of human sexuality. Suggests that many people obtain sex information from such publications. Explains how research projects using the papers were organized. Describes advantages and disadvantages and student reactions to the assignment. Includes an appendix containing example bibliographies.…

This document addresses the various sources of information that the political scientist can rely on and make use of via electronic mail. What network sources are available, where they can be found, what to do to get them, how to use them, and what sources to make use of in order to obtain maximum information are discussed. The article examines the…

Presents an assignment that helps technical writing students develop skills in preparing literature reviews. (RL)